ꦱꦼꦫꦠ꧀

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ꦱꦼꦫꦠ꧀
• Roman: serat, sêrat (dated)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese sĕrat, srat (“comb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.rat/
• Rhymes: -rat
• Hyphenation: se‧rat

Noun

ꦱꦼꦫꦠ꧀ (serat)

1. (krama) comb

   Synonyms: (ngoko) ꦗꦸꦁꦏꦠ꧀ (jungkat), (krama) ꦱꦼꦫꦠ꧀ (serat)

2. fibre
3. grain (of wood)
4. vein (in leaf)
5. barb
6. (krama) letter

   Synonym: (ngoko) ꦭꦪꦁ (layang)

7. (krama) book

   Synonym: (ngoko) ꦧꦸꦏꦸ (buku)

8. (krama) batik

   Synonym: (ngoko) ꦧꦛꦶꦏ꧀ (bathik)

Derived terms

• ꦚꦼꦫꦠ꧀ (nyerat)

 

Descendants

• → Indonesian: serat

References

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “serat”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN